remember ransomware? instead of having to pay hundred of dollars to unlock your files, now you can pay $10.99 to stop a trojan from deleting all of your files. and the trojan will delete some files to show you that they’re serious. heh. help, my computer is holding me ransom!

oh yeah, check out the readme that comes with one of the trojans.

Hello, your files are encrypted with RSA-4096 algorithm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA).

You will need at least few years to decrypt these files without our software. All your private information for last 3 months were collected and sent to us.

To decrypt your files you need to buy our software. The price is $300.

To buy our software please contact us at [e-mail address varies] and provide us with your personal code [code varies]. After successful purchase we will send your decrypting tool, and your private information will be deleted from our system.

If you will not contact us until 07/15/2007 your private information will be shared and you will lost all your data.

Glamorous team

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i’ve actually been able to use my sunrocket voip all morning. yesterday it was only able to call other sunrocket voips and my tmobile cell but not any landlines. eh. i guess i still have to go find a new voip provider. maybe i should just bundle my voip with cox instead of finding a cheaper alternative.

sherwood partners sent out another email for sunrocket customers this time adding myteleblend to the mix. it looks like the original email with barely any new information but all the links were replaced with links to http://click.icptrack.com. shady, shady, shady.

it’s a good thing i didn’t just pre-pay another year for sunrocket. as of earlier this week they’ve pretty much turned their backs on their 200,000 customers and decided to take their ball and go home. more info on sunrocket’s wikipedia entry. they’re in nova, maybe i’ll have to run down to their offices and see if can liberate any furniture or anything.

i also included their dear john letter to their customers after the fold.
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